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Geologists discover new path to rare earth mineral formation; implications for green energy and tech industries

Green Car Congress

Their discovery has important economic implications because there are no substitute alternatives to these rare earth elements (REEs), which are indispensable due to their ability to form small and very powerful magnets essential for smart devices and low-carbon energy generation (e.g., electronics, wind turbines, hybrid cars).

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Lean Software, Power Electronics, and the Return of Optical Storage

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It’s very similar to the infrastructure for electric cars because the idea, ultimately, for electric cars is that you also are revamping your grid to facilitate, whatchamacallit, intermittent renewable energy sources, like wind and solar, because having an electric car that runs off a coal-fired power plant is defeating the purpose, essentially.

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myenergi awarded EcoVadis bronze medal for sustainability

My Energi

myenergi scored well across each of the four performance themes analysed – environment; labour and human rights; ethics; and sustainable procurement. The business manufactures a wide range of pioneering energy management devices, including the eddi power diverter and libbi battery storage system.

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Transport for London orders 20 Wrightbus hydrogen double-decker buses

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The environment-friendly vehicles will be introduced on routes 245, 7 and N7, with people traveling to Wembley Stadium, or from west London to the West End, able to hop on the new green buses for a smoother and quieter journey. Wrightbus in Northern Ireland will manufacture them, creating new jobs in the region.

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UPS launches delivery eBike in Pittsburgh

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The eBike is equipped with battery-powered electric motors that makes it possible to cover longer distances than traditional bikes, carry substantial loads and navigate hills and other terrain. Maximum energy efficiency is achieved when combining battery power and human power simultaneously.

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UK expert group focuses attention on non-exhaust emissions from road traffic as regulatory concern

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These emissions arise regardless of the type of vehicle and its mode of power, and contribute to the total ambient particulate matter burden associated with human ill-heath and premature mortality. electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles.

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QUB spin-out to commercialize to technique for production of MOFs; storage for natural gas vehicles

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Chemists at Queen’s University Belfast (Ireland) have devised a novel environmentally friendly technique which allows the rapid production of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). MOF manufacturing techniques have been limited as they are costly, slow and require large quantities of solvents, which can be toxic and harmful to the environment.

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